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Society & Culture
History
1026
Carol Diehl, "Banksy: Completed" (MIT Press, 2021)
An interview with Carol Diehl
46 min
1027
Andrew Roberts, "The Last King of America: The ...
An interview with Andrew Roberts
31 min
1028
Mesfin Tadesse and Ianet Bastyan, "Lucy's Peopl...
An interview with Mesfin Tadesse and Ianet Bastyan
158 min
1029
Lynn Stephen, "Stories That Make History: Mexic...
An interview with Lynn Stephen
29 min
1030
Bill Schutt, "Pump: A Natural History of the He...
An interview with Bill Schutt
58 min
1031
Carolyn Eastman, "The Strange Genius of Mr. O.:...
An interview with Carolyn Eastman
28 min
1032
F. Bruce Gordon, "Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet"...
An interview with F. Bruce Gordon
26 min
1033
Michael K. Bourdaghs, "A Fictional Commons: Nat...
An interview with Michael K. Bourdaghs
49 min
1034
Paul Kidder, "Minoru Yamasaki and the Fragility...
An interview with Paul Kidder
29 min
1035
Marcia Pally, "From This Broken Hill I Sing to ...
An interview with Macia Pally
73 min
1036
Julian E. Zelizer, "Abraham Joshua Heschel: A L...
An interview with Julian E. Zelizer
50 min
1037
Izabela Wagner, "Bauman: A Biography" (Polity, ...
An interview with Izabela Wagner
54 min
1038
Aaron Weinacht, "Nikolai Chernyshevskii and Ayn...
An interview with Aaron Weinacht
74 min
1039
Alex Panasenko, "The Long Vacation: A Memoir" (...
An interview with Alex Panasenko
48 min
1040
Hassan Abbas, "The Prophet's Heir: The Life of ...
An interview with Hassan Abbas
54 min
1041
Anna Machcewicz, "Civility in Uncivil Times: Ka...
An interview with Anna Machcewicz
55 min
1042
"Bambi" isn't about what you think it's about: ...
An interview with Jack Zipes
39 min
1043
Cassandra Lane, "We Are Bridges: A Memoir" (Fem...
An interview with Cassandra Lane
75 min
1044
Diana Kelly, "The Red Taylorist: The Life and T...
An interview with Diana Kelly
33 min
1045
Fiona Hill, "There Is Nothing for You Here: Opp...
An interview with Fiona Hill
43 min
1046
Tim Hartman, "Kwame Bediako: African Theology f...
An interview with Tim Hartman
66 min
1047
Dave Zirin, "The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Kn...
An interview with Dave Zirin
45 min
1048
Philip Larratt-Smith and Juliet Mitchell, "Loui...
An interview with Juliet Mitchell
50 min
1049
Álvaro Santana-Acuña, "Ascent to Glory: How One...
An interview with Álvaro Santana-Acuña
45 min
1050
Sean Brennan, "The Priest Who Put Europe Back T...
An interview with Sean Brennan
56 min